Adjustable neckband for wearing-apparel.



l. M. GOULD. ADJUSTABLE NECKBAND FOR WEARING APPAREL.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.23| 1913- Patented Apr. 113, 1915.

2 SHBETS-SHEET 1.

1. M. GOULD. ADJUSTABLE NECKBAND FOR WEARING APPAREL.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-23, 1913,

Patented Apr. 13, 1915 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

1 9i 11 cacao ISAJDOR- M. GOULD, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

ADJUSTABLE NECKJBAND FOR RING-APPAREL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

" Patented Apr. is, laid.

Application filed December E3, 1913. Serial No. 808,495.

new and useful Improvements in Adjust' able Neckbands for VVearing-lpparel, of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention relates to new and useful improvements in adjustable neck bands for wearing apparel, and more especially to the neck bands of shirts, shirt waists and the like, and has for its object to provide an exceedingly simple and effective device of this character, whereby a neck band may be adjusted to the proper size of the collar worn by the user. 7 y l A still further object of the invention is to provide a neck band in the form of a hem slotted adjacent the end along the lower edgein which a sizing strip or band is freely and aremovably contained, so that when the button is placed in the shirt the neck band will adjust itself to coincide with the sizing strip, whereby a large neck band may be made to fit a small size collar without inconvenience to the wearer, and which will look neat while in use.

Shirts provided with my improved neck band need not be made in all the diderent sizes as at the present time, as a shirt which will fit the body of a number of difl'erent persons may be made with the largest size neck band and this then readjusted by the sizing strip to fit the neck of any particular person. l have illustrated for explaining my inventiona shirt having a continuous neck band, but as will be readily understood this may be provided with slots to prevent puckers or wrinkles as shown, or the neck band may be made of elastic material, whereby the neck band will be free to expand or contract, or relatively wide spaced loops may be utilized as a neck band.

With these ends in view. this invention consists in the details of construction and combination of. elements hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated by the claim.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may understand how to make and use the same, ll will describe its construction in detail, referring by numeral to the accompanying drawing,

making a part of this specification, in

which Figure l, is a perspective'view of the upper portion of a shirt body illustrating my improved adjustable neck band. Fig. 2, is an enlarged face view of the sizing strip. Fig. 3, is a front elevation of a portion of the neck band, portions thereof being illustrate'the conperspective view thereof illustrating the slot or opening to the interior of the hem or neck band; and Fig. 5, is a section at the line-55 of Fig. 4-. Fig. 6, is a perspective view of the upper portion of a shirt body, illustrating a modified ;form of my invention. Fig. 7, is a similar view of a still further modified form broken away to clearly struction. Fig. is a of my invention. Fig. 8, 1s a similar view,

of anotherform of my invention.

in carrying out my invention as here embodied 2 represents a garment and is illustrated as a mans shirt having a neck band 3 which is hollow or in the form of a hem closed at both ends as at 4, provided with button holes 5 and having a slot 6 adjacent one end and preferably along the lower edge thereof.

In the neck band or hem is slidably or removably contained a sizing strip or band 7 having a number of button hole openings 8, preferably one at each end for forming the closure, and another at the center all of which are adapted to aline with certain but- 4 ton holes in the shirt band, in which are placed the ordinary shirt buttons. To place the sizing strip or band 7 in the neck band, one end of said sizing strip is inserted through the slot 6 into the hollow neck band and by sliding the same within said neck band the button holes 8 will be brought into are alinement with the button holes 5, so that the ordinary buttons may be inserted therein. If the neck band of the shirt is larger than the sizing strip or in other Words if the button holes in the shirt band are a greater distance apart than the button holes in the sizing strip, then said neck band may be puckered 'or wrinkled within the space between the button holes to bring the button of the shirt band in alinement with the button holes in the sizing strip. The sizing strip 7 is made of any suitable unelastic material, so that the size thereof will not vary, and when placed in the neck band of a shirt, said neck band will be brought to the same size as the sizingstrip, thus causing said neck band to fit the proper size collar used by the wearer.

In Fig. 1 for convenience of illustration the wrinkled or puckered places are shown slightly exaggerated forin practice these do not show on the ordinary'neck band, and if said neck band were made of suitable elactic-material, then now wrinkled or puckered places would be shown, or if the neck were formed of a number of spaced sections or loops, then these sections would brought closer together as the neck band of the shirt is made smaller. 1

By making shirts with neck bands in acecrdancc' with my improvement, it would be oni necessary to manufacture two or three di erent sized shirts for mens wear, and for purposes of illustration I will say three sizes, a small, medium and large size, the body of which would fit men of small, medium and large sizes and the neck bands would be adjusted to the proper size neck of the wearer by' placing his own sizing strip of the proper size in the neck band, so that a man having a small neck and a large body, or visa versa, with my neck band can then be fitted without difficulty. It also has the advantage of a starched neck band, because very often" after a few washings the edges become rough, giving great discomfort to the wearer. Starched neck bands in hot weather wilt and then will pull out from under the collar, while with my device a wilted or unstarched neck band will maintain its proper shape without discomforture to the wearer.

In practice a person upon buying a shirt would-insert his own sizing strip 7 through the slot 6 in the neck band and after being entirely inserted in said neck band 6, then place a button through one of the button holes of the shirt and the corresponding button hole in the sizing strip, after which the neck band 6 be moved along until the remaining button hole in the shirt band is in alinement with the buton hole in the sizing strip, at which time the other shirt button would be inserted in said button hole. After the sizing strip is placed within the neck band and the buttons inserted in the button hole the shirt is used in the ordinary manner.

In Fig. 6 I have shown a slightly modified form of my invention, in which the neck band 3 is slotted from the upper edge thereof to the point where said neck band is joined to the body of the shirt, as indicated at 9, thereby permitting said neck band to be reduced in size to correspond to the sizing strip without producing puckers or wrinkles.

In Fig. 7, I have illustrated another form of my invention, in which the neck band is made of suitable elastic material, such as stockinet, otherwise the construction is identical to that shown in Fig. 1.

In Fig. 8 the hem or neck band is made up of a number of spaced loops 10 through which is passed the sizing strip, the same as described in my preferred form.

Of course I do not wish tojbe limited to the exact details of construction as these may be varied within the limits of the appended claim without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, is.-

A garment including a neck band in the form of a hem, adapted to receive a detachable collar, said neck band having button holes at the meeting ends thereof and provided with a slot leading to the interior and a sizing strip provided with button holes adjacent its ends, removably contained within the neck band, as shown and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto aflixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ISADOR M. GOULD.

' Witnesses:

MARY E. I-IAMER, DANIEL J. MCBRIDE. 

